Over 210,000 people – more than double the capacity of Wembley Stadium – have descended on the legendary festival grounds for a weekend of incredible music from all genres, styles and cultures across multiple stages.
NEWS & EVENTS
The Recording Academy updates its criteria for Grammy Awards to combat the rise in AI-generated music.
The Academy has stated that “only human creators” behind songs, not those generated by artificial intelligence (AI), can be considered, nominated, or win a Grammy Award.
Industry companies and organisations unite to form Music Fights Fraud taskforce.
The campaign has widespread industry backing, from Amazon Music and Spotify, alongside CD Baby (and its parent company Downtown Music Services), Believe, DistroKid, UnitedMasters,Symphonic Distribution, EMPIRE, Vydia and TuneCore.
Industry companies and organisations unite to form Music Fights Fraud taskforce.
It’s an understandable assumption that Obama, like most former government officials, did not spend 2022 blasting Tití Me Preguntó – and that a young intern has put together his legendary playlists.
Association of Indepedent Festivals launches ‘First Festival’ campaign for 18-year-old music fans and festival lovers
The AIF’s initiative is targeted at reaching people who who turned 18 during the Covid-19 pandemic (and so may have missed out on festivals during lockdowns) but is also a response to the cost-of-living crisis
Sir Paul McCartney uses AI to bring John Lennon back to life on a new Beatles song – and we were featured on radio talking about it!
The track will be released later in 2023, although technically it’s an old song from a 1990s demo session
BPI and Musician’s Union fall out over session musican fees. Awkward.
The MU rejected the latest offer made by the BPI, which (according to The Financial Times) would up rates by 38% from the current minimum of £43 per hour for rock and pop sessions.
Inflation in Sweden hits 9.7%… because of Queen B.
The start of the singer's world tour in Sweden last month sparked such a frenzy of demand for hotels and restaurant meals that it has shown up in the country's national economic statistics.